The Somerset reporter., 1887-07-13
TN A TOY FACTORY.
NUREMBERG NO LONGER THE TOY
HOUSE OF The WORLD"
A brooklyn Toy Factory Where Every
Conceivable shaped Invention for the
Amusement of Children Is Fashioned
from Tin-Popularity Of Jingle"

Amusement of Children Is Fashioned
from Tin-Popularlty of "Jingle."
Old Nuremberg, Germany. can no
longer be called 1.-THE toy house Of the
world There arg some six or seven
manufactures of tin toys in the United
States at the present time, and Of these
is the toy shop of Mr. Thomas i'll Scher-
merhorn street, where every conceivable
shaped invention for the amusement Of
children is fashioned from tin. \ circus
is hardly more attractive than the show
in the salesrooms of the manufactory,
where elephants and horses, eamels and
sheep. gymnasts, etc, are in close con-
tisuty with Nclocipedes walking dolls,
merry 70 rounds, menacere wagons, etc;
in short, hundreds of curious tin toys in
endless variety. Mr.. Thomass learned his
trade in Germany, and, as a necessary part
of it, he IS an artist.
"Of course said he in showing port
folio Of very clever drawings, the first
thing in my business is to make the design
of the toy To he manufactured. Here, for
instance is the drawing Of a horse; the
outlines are cut in card board, and from
this the stencil is made in metal which is
laid on the tin and by one slip OF press
is cut into shape"
on the second floor the workmen were
busy cutting the material into shape with
machines that looked almost human.
Here was a squariug machine, here
cutting machine, here one for rounding
the tin, another for bulging it, and so on,
with dozen or more facilities and meth
ods for such processes.
DO YOU make tin swords? | saw them
manufactured in Nuremberg last year,
and the manipulation OF tin in this dircc-
ton was mo,t curious and interesting
No. We do not make the swords or the
musical tops. The dealers and manufac-
turers over there make enough to supply
the world > demand. We cannot compete
with them in certain styles OF toys but
we export others i'll large quantities, and
the demand is growing. Each toy you
see here must pass through many hands
before it is perfected You saw the draw
ing of the horse Well two shapes must
be cut from the metal. Then the contours
must be rounded out by another work.
man. and the TWO parts are soldered to-
gcther exactly y platform with little
wheels must be made to place the horse
on, but first the horse must be painted.
Several large yats Of different colored
paints are ready TO dip the toys in when
necessary. 1t takes but moment for the
workman to immerse the horse i'll the
liquid, when, with many other toys in the
ea,,,o do,,ron of G,isb II il carriad Ia n
TT, -, ,.r crot. ,,,d r,la,od ~, a
Shelf to dry. Later it is given to Il facial
artist for the coloring OF the eyes, nostrils,
name and tail; still another workman
fastens the horse to the platform and bell
oii it, back, or pcrchance a jockey. The
toy is now complete and ready for pack
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